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I couldn't believe my eyes. The debut of Cinderella on Broadway during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. She's a brunette! What?

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It is based on the Rodgers & Hammerstein Cinderella circa 1965 starring Lesley Ann Warren (a brunette) as Cinderella.

I grew up being exposed to a lot of Broadway musicals and this is a great version of the Cinderella story. This past summer, my girls saw that version too and LOVED it and loved seeing it in the parade today.

It is based on the Rodgers & Hammerstein Cinderella circa 1965 starring Lesley Ann Warren (a brunette) as Cinderella.

I grew up being exposed to a lot of Broadway musicals and this is a great version of the Cinderella story. This past summer, my girls saw that version too and LOVED it and loved seeing it in the parade today.

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I LOVE that movie. It was on at Thanksgiving time every year when I was a kid.

We saw a traveling company of the Rogers and Hammerstein Cinderella last year with a brunette Cinderella. It did take some getting used to. But I grew up with the Leslie Ann Warren version so got over it quickly. I used to think the blonde Disney version was an imposter!

It also has the distinction of being the first musical comedy written specifically for television, rather than being an adaptation of a play or movie.

ETA: Julie's Prince was played by Jon Cypher, later of Hill Street Blues fame.

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That's right.
That part was his first ever TV role.
Here is a photo of Jon Cypher as the Prince in R&H's Cinderella.

I got to see Jon Cypher play Captain Hook, live on stage, when he toured with a production of Peter Pan.
This was even after he was famous for playing nutty Police Commissioner Daniels on Hill St. Blues.

Cypher was really great as Capt. Hook (and the father of the Darling family,) too!